Fervor with Measure: Recent Episodes
N. M. Rudolph
I talk about the writing life, including some insider information on my own work as well as suggestions about improving your writing life—if that’s one of your aspirations. Either way, I try to be encouraging as I seek to help others dream bigger.
“The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.” — William James
Rudolph discusses the power of plot and emotion when writing a story. Plot is the structure that comes from starting with a storyline or just a general outline. Emotion is the vulnerability that comes from imbuing your stories with the experiences from your own life. Tune in for more details about how to use these two tools!
Rudolph offers plain encouragement to writers and other artists. It's a hard world, and we often think it's because we're trying to create. More often than not, it just is what it is. That means that we can be less reluctant about our creative efforts and pursue them more freely!
I talk about writing pillars, grammar and vulnerability. By "pillars," I mean solid foundations on which to build your literary efforts. Grammar will provide the structure. Vulnerability will provide the energy. Tune in to hear more!
In this chat, I describe how I experimented with copying a story's general plot. It sounds like plagiarism, but I emphasize that I only used the focus to generate momentum before veering the story its own direction.